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All of this is part of four major changes and two losses to the process of passing your driving test.

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) chief executive Gareth Llewellyn said: “Great Britain’s roads are among the safest in the world. But there is scope to do more to keep road users safe – particularly newly-qualified drivers.

“Making sure the test better assesses a driver’s ability to drive safely and independently is part of our strategy to help every driver through a lifetime of safe driving.”

The changes have been trialled with more than 4,500 learner drivers and 850 instructors in 32 locations across Britain.

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Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said the planned tests reflect the real world the better.

He said: “These proposed changes recognise that it is more important for candidates to demonstrate the capability to drive independently on high-risk roads than being able to reverse flawlessly into a quiet cul-de-sac.

“The new approach will be deemed a success if, in the longer term, it produces better-prepared drivers and we experience fewer road casualties.

“Meantime we hope these common sense changes will be rolled out swiftly.”